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Henri Jaspar

Henri Jaspar (28 July 1870 – 15 February 1939) was a Belgian Catholic Party politician who served as prime minister of Belgium from 1926 to 1931.

He was born in Schaerbeek and trained as a lawyer. Jaspar represented Liège as a Catholic in the Belgian Chamber of Representatives from 1919 until 1936. He served as a Belgian delegate to the Paris Peace Conference in 1919. He helped create the Belgium-Luxembourg Economic Union in 1921. In 1924, he was made an honorary minister of State.

Jaspar held several ministerial positions including;

  • Minister of Economic Affairs (1918–1920)
  • Foreign Minister (1920–1924 and 1934)
  • Minister of Finance (1932–1934)

Honours

References

J.E. Helmreich, Belgium and Europe: A Study in Small Power Diplomacy, 1976

J.E. Helmreich, "Paul Hymans and Henri Jaspar, Contrasting Diplomatic Styles, Studia Diplomatica, 39 (1986) 669–81.

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